Hrmff. You're going to have a very tiny voter base if that happens. On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:32 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:
> > What? > > Are you trying to say I should not believe that I was not one of the > people whose lives were 'threatened' if I did not vote for Bush, or > that I shouldn't believe that I didn't believe it? > > It was political posturing and pure, unadulterated bullshit. Anyone > who cannot see through that should probably have their right to vote > revoked. > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ok well. As someone who was doing voter outreach in the 2004 election I > can > > assure you that lots of people read it that way. If you want to believe > that > > you weren't one of them, be my guest. > > > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:20 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> That is not what you said. You said people's lives were threatened if > >> they did not vote for Bush. I do not take that statement as > >> 'threatening my life'. > >> > >> See, I took it for what it was, a political speech, given by a > >> politician. Which means, there is maybe, and this is stretching it, > >> 5% truth and 95% hyperbole. > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:12 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > "the terrorists win"??? That doesn't sound scary and probably lethal > >> > to you? > >> > > >> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> >> > >> >> I don't see where it says I would die if I did not vote for Bush > >> >> (which is what you claimed happened in the other thread). :D > >> >> > >> >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:06 AM, Dana <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> > > >> >> > Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists / GOP leaders turn up the > >> rhetoric > >> >> to > >> >> > stoke voter base > >> >> > Article:Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists / GOP leaders > >> >> > tu:/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL > >> >> > Article:Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists / GOP leaders > >> >> > tu:/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL > >> >> > advertisement | your ad here <http://www.sfgate.com/mediakit/> > >> >> > > >> >> > [image: SFGate] </> Back to > >> >> > Article</cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL> > >> >> > [image: SFGate] > >> >> > Bush, Cheney tie Dem win to terrorists GOP leaders turn up the > >> rhetoric > >> >> to > >> >> > stoke voter base > >> >> > > >> >> > Michael Abramowitz, Washington Post > >> >> > > >> >> > Tuesday, October 31, 2006 > >> >> > > >> >> > *(10-31) 04:00 PDT Sugar Land, Texas* -- President Bush said > >> terrorists > >> >> will > >> >> > win if Democrats win and impose their policies on Iraq, as he and > Vice > >> >> > President Dick Cheney escalated their rhetoric Monday in an effort > to > >> >> turn > >> >> > out Republican voters in next week's midterm elections. > >> >> > > >> >> > Faced with potential GOP defeat in both the House and Senate, Bush > and > >> >> > Cheney aimed to avert that by convincing voters they cannot risk > >> giving > >> >> the > >> >> > opposition party any power in Washington. > >> >> > > >> >> > "However they put it, the Democrat approach in Iraq comes down to > >> this: > >> >> The > >> >> > terrorists win and America loses," Bush told a raucous crowd of > some > >> >> 5,000 > >> >> > GOP partisans packed in the arena at an earlier stop at Georgia > >> Southern > >> >> > University in Statesboro, Ga. "That's what's at stake in this > >> election. > >> >> The > >> >> > Democrat goal is to get out of Iraq. The Republican goal is to win > in > >> >> Iraq." > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > Democrats reacted sharply to the latest White House attacks. Senate > >> >> Minority > >> >> > Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said Bush "resorted to the same tired > old > >> >> > partisan attacks in a desperate attempt to hold onto power." House > >> >> Minority > >> >> > Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco said Bush is looking to retain > a > >> >> > "rubber-stamp Republican Congress that has done nothing to change > our > >> >> failed > >> >> > Iraq policy." > >> >> > > >> >> > Cheney, meanwhile, said in an interview with Fox News that he > believed > >> >> > insurgents in Iraq are timing their attacks to influence the > American > >> >> > elections. > >> >> > > >> >> > "It's my belief that they're very sensitive of the fact that we've > got > >> an > >> >> > election scheduled," he said. Cheney said the insurgents believe > "they > >> >> can > >> >> > break the will of the American people. ... That's what they're > trying > >> to > >> >> > do." > >> >> > > >> >> > The increasingly combative tone from the White House signaled a > >> >> coordinated > >> >> > GOP effort to use every channel to remind conservatives why they > >> should > >> >> turn > >> >> > out to vote, despite what many say is their disenchantment with the > >> Mark > >> >> > Foley page scandal, anger over escalating federal spending and > anxiety > >> >> over > >> >> > the course of the Iraq war. > >> >> > > >> >> > The president's travel schedule in the final week of the campaign > is a > >> >> stark > >> >> > reminder of his political weakness in many parts of the country -- > and > >> in > >> >> > many swing districts -- where it is too dangerous for GOP > candidates > >> to > >> >> be > >> >> > seen with Bush. After his rally in Georgia on Monday, Bush flew to > >> Sugar > >> >> > Land to stump for the GOP candidate trying to succeed former House > >> >> Majority > >> >> > Leader Tom DeLay, who won his seat by 14 points two years ago > before > >> >> > resigning his seat amid the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. There > was > >> no > >> >> > sign of the man who once relished his Capitol Hill reputation as > "The > >> >> > Hammer" on Monday's visit. > >> >> > > >> >> > "The fact that Republicans are working hard to hold onto one of the > >> most > >> >> > Republican districts in the country -- that tells you the depth of > the > >> >> > Republican struggles around the country," said Amy Walter, who > tracks > >> >> House > >> >> > races for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. > >> >> > > >> >> > White House aides disputed this characterization, saying the Sugar > >> Land > >> >> race > >> >> > is a special case since DeLay resigned too late for the courts to > >> allow > >> >> the > >> >> > GOP to replace him on the ballot. Instead, Republicans are > promoting > >> >> Shelley > >> >> > Sekula Gibbs, a Houston city councilwoman and dermatologist, as a > >> >> write-in > >> >> > candidate. > >> >> > > >> >> > The crowd at Georgia Southern seemed to respond most > enthusiastically > >> to > >> >> > Bush's most conservative lines, roaring after Bush criticized last > >> week's > >> >> > ruling from the New Jersey Supreme Court that gay couples are > entitled > >> to > >> >> > the same rights as heterosexual couples. Bush said the ruling > "raises > >> >> doubt > >> >> > about the institution of marriage." > >> >> > > >> >> > "We believe that marriage is a union between a man and a woman and > >> should > >> >> be > >> >> > defended," Bush shouted. > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL > >> >> > > >> >> > This article appeared on page *A - 5* of the San Francisco > Chronicle > >> >> > © 2006 Hearst Communications Inc. </chronicle/info/copyright/> | > >> Privacy > >> >> > Policy </pages/privacy/> | Feedback </feedback/> | RSS Feeds > </rss/> | > >> >> > FAQ</chronicle/faq.shtml>| Site > >> >> > Index </index/> | Contact </staff/> > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/10/31/MNG1GM2U2M1.DTL&type=printable > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? 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